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ARTIFICIAL, FLOWER; G RIMBING. MACHINE.

Patented June 7,1898

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ARTIFICIAL FLOWER GRIMPING MACHINE. No. 605,409. Patented June 7,1898.

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SPECIFICATION forming art or LettersjP atent No. 605,409, datedJ'une 7, 1393.

Application filed m 28,1898. serialllo. 668,297. oiomod To all whom, it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, LUoIEN EBERT, of New York city, (borough of Manhattan,) county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Artificial- Flower Crimping and Goffering Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. i

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved machine for crimping and goffering fabric-blanks for the forinationof leaves for artificial flowers, the machine being very simple and durable in construction, not liable to get out of order, and arranged to permit of conveniently and properly crimping a large number of blanks in a short time. The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be described hereinafter, and pointed'out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same with parts in a different position. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the improvement with parts in section. the crimping device with the heads in an in- Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the same on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view of the same'on the line 6 6 of Fig. '5, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the crimped material.

The improved machine is provided witha post A, having its lower portion A made hollow and attached to a base 13, in which is ar-' ranged a burner connected with a gas-pipe or other supply of fuel to permit of readily lighting the burner and heating the post A, and with it the bars D and E, extending from the head A of .said post A. The bars D and E are arranged one above the other, the bar D being removably secured in the head A by a set-screw D and the bar E pivoted in the head E directly below the bar D. The under side of the crimping-bar D is recessed in a longitudinal direction to fit upon the up ,per roundedoff. end of the movable crimping-bar E, thus affording male and female Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of members adapted to receive the fabric-blanks for forming artificial leaves, said blanksbeing placed between the two bars. Then the lower bar is moved upwardly,and then the leaves are loosely crimped between the two bars. crimping and goffering purposes, said blanks imust be moved longitudinally between the jmale and female bars D and E. This is done by' means of heads F F, fitted to slide to- :ward or from each other 011 the upper crimpin g-bar D, the heads also straddling the lower To eifectually press the blanks for crimping-bar E.

The heads F F. are pivotally' connected at their upper ends by'links G G, respectively, with opposite sides of a lever I-I fulcrumedat H" at one side of the head A and provided at one end with a handle H under the control of the operator. A spring Hiattached to the head A is connected with the lever H, so as to hold the same normally in the position shown in Fig. 1, with the heads F F at the ends of the bars D and E.

Now when the operator imparts a swinging motion to the lever H in the direction of the arrow a, then the links G G move the heads F F toward each other along the bars D and E, so that the blanks between said bars are pressed on lengthwise to push the blanks for forming the crimps and goffers thereon.

In order to impart a swinging motion to the lowermost bar E for loosely clamping the blanks in place between the bars, I provide the under side of the bar E with an incline E engaged by the upper end of a set-screw I, screwing in an arm I, secured by a bolt 1 to the link G, so as to move with the said link upon the rounded top portion of the bar E,

as is plainly indicated in Fig. 5. By the arrangement described the jaws J move with the heads F F along the bars D and E, and at the same time move up and down in the jaws, according to the movement of the bar E, on which the inner ends of the jawsrest'.

When the heads F F are movedtoward each other for crimping and goffering purposes, then the inner ends of the jaws J engage the side edges of the blanks for giving the desired crimps to the blanks at the portions clamped betweenthe two bars. lVhen this has been done and the operator releases the lever H, the latter moves back to its former position by the action of the spring H and the heads F F move into extreme end positions, the screw I allowing the bar E to drop, so as to permit of conveniently removing the crimped and goffered blanks.

It is understood that as the bars D and E are properly heated from the post A a permanent crimping and goffering takes place.

The device is very simple and durable in construction, is not liable to get out of order, and the operator is enabled to readily adjust the bar E according to the nature of the blanks under treatment, and the bars D and E may be readily removed from the head A and other different-shaped ones be substituted to produce differentformed leaves whenever desired. It is also evident that one of the heads may be stationary and only the other movable to accomplish the same result. The blanks to be treated may be of paper, muslin, cambric, velvet, silk, plush, or other like material.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Y Patent- 1. A crimping-press, provided with bars for holding the blanks loosely between them, and heads on said bars, for pressing the blanks endwise while held between the bars, substantially as shown and described.

2. A crimping-press, provided with bars, one of which is movable relatively to the other to hold the blanks loosely between the bars,

and heads held on said bars, for pressing the shown and described.

blanks endwise, substantially as shown and described.

3. A crimping-press, provided with a fixed bar, a pivoted bar adapted to swing toward and from the fixed bar to hold the blanksbetween the bars, heads mounted to slide on. the bars to press the blanks endwise, and means for imparting a swinging motion to the pivoted bar, substantially as shown and described.

4. A crimping-press, provided with a fixed bar, a pivoted bar adapted to swing toward and from the fixed bar to hold the blanks between the bars, heads mounted to slide on the bars to press the blanks endwise, means for imparting a swinging motion to the pivoted bar, and an adjusting device for regulating the position of the movable bar relatively to the fixed bar, substantially as shown and described.

5. A crimping-press, providedwith bars, one of which is movable relatively to the other to hold the blanks loosely between the bars, heads held on said bars, for pressing the blanks endwise, a lever'under the control of the operator, and links connecting said lever with the said heads to move the latter simultaneously toward or from each other upon impartinga swinging motion to the lever, substantially as shown and described.

6. A crimping-press, provided with bars, one of which is movable relatively to the other to hold the blanks loosely between the bars, heads held on said bars, for pressing the blanks endwise, a post carrying said bars, and means for heating the post'and bars carried thereby, substantially as shown and described.

7. A crimping-press, provided with crimping-bars, heads held movable .thereon, and jaws carried by the said heads and riding loosely between the bars, substantially as LUOIEN EBERT.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. HosTER, LUoIEN CHANNDET. 

